[CQ-Contest] W7EA SK

[k7lxc at aol.com]

Howdy -

    Ron Crouse, W7EA, passed away recently. He was the owner of Dunestar and died of some degenerative disease.     He was W7GJS when I got my Novice in Moses Lake, WA and he was a young broadcast engineer when I first met him. It took me awhile - a page and a half in my log book - to make my first contact and that was only after Ron came over and diagnosed a poor PL259 solder job.      He eventually wound up in St. Helens, OR, where he started Dunestar and made many contest useful filters and other products.      He was a good guy and like some of us, made his hobby his vocation. I was glad to know him. Cheers,Steve   K7LXC